Portable clothes drying device

ABSTRACT

A portable clothes drying device, including a main rod including a hook disposed at a first end of the main rod to allow the main rod to hang from a horizontal surface, a first auxiliary rod rotatably connected to a first side of the main rod, a second auxiliary rod rotatably connected to a first side of the main rod, and a plurality of clips connected to surfaces of the first auxiliary rod and the second auxiliary rod to allow clothes to be clipper thereto.

BACKGROUND 1. Field

The present general inventive concept relates generally to a clothes drying device, and particularly, a portable clothes drying device.

2. Description of the Related Art

After frequent usage of sports clothing and equipment, such as hockey equipment, it is likely to have picked up a terrible odor due to sweat and wetness. The most crucial chore is to air out the gear after playing or training in order to reduce odious olfactory emanations, and to allow it to properly dry. However, having clothing and sports equipment everywhere can be cumbersome and bothersome due to unpleasant odors.

Therefore, there is a need for a portable clothes drying device.

SUMMARY

The present general inventive concept provides a portable clothes drying device.

Additional features and utilities of the present general inventive concept will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the general inventive concept.

The foregoing and/or other features and utilities of the present general inventive concept may be achieved by providing a portable clothes drying device, including a main rod including a hook disposed at a first end of the main rod to allow the main rod to hang from a horizontal surface, a first auxiliary rod rotatably connected to a first side of the main rod, a second auxiliary rod rotatably connected to a first side of the main rod, and a plurality of clips connected to surfaces of the first auxiliary rod and the second auxiliary rod to allow clothes to be clipper thereto.

The first auxiliary rod and the second auxiliary rod may rotated ninety degrees, such that the first auxiliary rod may be disposed above the second auxiliary rod perpendicularly with respect to the main rod.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and/or other features and utilities of the present generally inventive concept will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a side view of a portable clothes drying device in a folded position, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept; and

FIG. 2 illustrates a front view of the portable clothes drying device in an unfolded position, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Various example embodiments (a.k.a., exemplary embodiments) will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings in which some example embodiments are illustrated. In the figures, the thicknesses of lines, layers and/or regions may be exaggerated for clarity.

Accordingly, while example embodiments are capable of various modifications and alternative forms, embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the figures and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is no intent to limit example embodiments to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, example embodiments are to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the disclosure. Like numbers refer to like/similar elements throughout the detailed description.

It is understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected” or “coupled” to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly connected” or “directly coupled” to another element, there are no intervening elements present. Other words used to describe the relationship between elements should be interpreted in a like fashion (e.g., “between” versus “directly between,” “adjacent” versus “directly adjacent,” etc.).

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a,” “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes” and/or “including,” when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which example embodiments belong. It will be further understood that terms, e.g., those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art. However, should the present disclosure give a specific meaning to a term deviating from a meaning commonly understood by one of ordinary skill, this meaning is to be taken into account in the specific context this definition is given herein.

FIG. 1 illustrates a side view of a portable clothes drying device 100 in a folded position, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept.

Referring to FIG. 1, the portable clothes drying device 100 may include a main rod 110, a first auxiliary rod 120 a, and a second auxiliary rod 120 b.

The main rod 110, the first auxiliary rod 120 a, and the second auxiliary rod 120 b may be constructed from plastic, metal, wood, fiberglass, glass, or any other material known to one of ordinary skill in the art.

The main rod 110 may include a hook 111 disposed at a top portion thereof to allow a user to hang the portable clothes drying device 100 from a shower rod, for example, or from any other horizontal surface. When the main rod 110 is hung by the hook 111 from a horizontal surface, the main rod 110 may be disposed vertically, such that the hook 111 is disposed at a first end of the main rod 110 (i.e., a top-most portion of the main rod 110), and a second end of the main rod 110 is disposed at a bottom-most portion of the main rod 110.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, the first auxiliary rod 120 a may be connected to the main rod 110 at a first side thereof using a connecting member 130, and the second auxiliary rod 120 b may be connected to the main rod 110 at a second side thereof using another connecting member 130. Here, the first auxiliary rod 120 a and the second auxiliary rod 120 b are parallel with respect to the main rod 110, in order to facilitate storage of the portable clothes drying device 100.

FIG. 2 illustrates a front view of the portable clothes drying device 100 in an unfolded position, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, when the user wishes to hang items and/or clothes on the portable clothes drying device 100, the user may turn the first auxiliary rod 120 a and the second auxiliary rod 120 b ninety degrees (either clockwise or counter-clockwise), such that the first auxiliary rod 120 a and the second auxiliary rod 120 b are perpendicular with respect to the main rod 110.

Also, the first auxiliary rod 120 a may be disposed above the second auxiliary rod 120 b when they are rotated ninety degrees.

The first auxiliary rod 120 a and the second auxiliary rod 120 b may each have a plurality of clips 140 disposed thereon (and attached thereto), to provide further clipping functionality for various clothes. As such, for example, socks may be clipped to the first auxiliary rod 120 a using the plurality of clips 140, while towels, for example, may be hung from the second auxiliary rod 120 b without necessitating the plurality of clips 140.

Although a few embodiments of the present general inventive concept have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the general inventive concept, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents. 

1. A portable clothes drying device, comprising: a main rod including a hook disposed at a first end of the main rod to allow the main rod to hang from a horizontal surface; a first auxiliary rod rotatably connected to a first side of the main rod; a second auxiliary rod rotatably connected to a first side of the main rod; and a plurality of clips connected to surfaces of the first auxiliary rod and the second auxiliary rod to allow clothes to be clipper thereto.
 2. The portable clothes drying device of claim 1, wherein the first auxiliary rod and the second auxiliary rod are rotated ninety degrees, such that the first auxiliary rod is disposed above the second auxiliary rod perpendicularly with respect to the main rod. 